Song Chaoyang waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. We're not going to sit. We'll just take a look and leave."
Under Li Xueming's reminder, the auntie took out 200 RMB and said, "This is the 200 RMB given by the village. It's used to pay for poverty alleviation supplies. We brought our ID cards and household registration booklets to the village government to get it. We didn't dare to spend it because we were thinking about when we could return it and exchange it for poverty alleviation supplies. But the secretary told us not to think about it. The poverty alleviation materials have already been distributed and sold. There's nothing left. How can we exchange it back? "
Song Chaoyang looked at the two bright red banknotes and asked, "Are the other poor families in your village the same?"
The woman nodded and said, "Yes, they only got 200 yuan. The village government said that when the poverty alleviation materials are distributed, they can only get money. If they don't get it, they won't even get this 200 yuan. "
Li Xueming said, "Let's go, Song Shuji. I'll take you to the neighboring village to see the poor families who got poverty alleviation materials."
The four of them said goodbye to the woman and took the same car to Hexi Village at the west end of the village.
As soon as they passed a dry river at the west end of the village, Li Xueming asked Lao Zhou to stop the car. The four of them got off the car.
Li Xueming pointed to a house on the slope and said, "This is the village head Liu He's uncle's house. Let's go and see how many poverty alleviation materials they got." Then he led the way.
The four of them walked briskly and soon arrived at the house. There was a firewood dog in the yard. When it saw the strangers, it barked desperately and alerted the owner of the house. A woman in her forties or fifties came out. She didn't know the four of them, so she frowned and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Li Xueming said, "Oh, I'm a cadre in the village government. These three are big bosses from the city. They want to help the poor in our village. I'm taking them around to see if there are any good projects to invest in. You do what you need to do. Don't worry about us. We'll leave soon. "
The woman was surprised and happy. She walked quickly to the four of them and said, "Is that so? You want to help the poor? Our family is a poor family, a real poor family. If you want to help the poor, help our family first. What projects are you going to invest in? How much? "
Li Xueming said, "Let's wait and see. Don't get too excited."
The woman nodded excitedly and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go make tea for you first." After saying that, she ran back into the tiled house.
"Secretary, look!"
While the woman was gone, Li Rui pointed to a brick shed on the west side of the courtyard. The shed was not small, about the size of two rooms. There were some farming tools and miscellaneous items inside, but the most eye-catching thing was the two piles of brand new high-quality plastic sheets in the middle of the ground. This was something that could not be seen in the auntie's house.
Song Chaoyang nodded and walked into the shed to take a closer look. These were two extra-large plastic sheeting sheets used for greenhouses. Each sheet could be used to build a greenhouse, so naturally, two sheets could be used to build two greenhouses. As for the soil, stones, and bamboo poles used to build the greenhouses, for the local villagers, it didn't cost much. If a poor family used two greenhouses to do farming, they might not be able to make a lot of money, but they could at least get out of poverty and maintain a good standard of living.
At this moment, Li Xueming suddenly shouted from the pigsty, "Secretary, come over and take a look!"
Song Chaoyang and the other two walked over and saw five little piglets in the pigsty. They were running and playing in the pigsty.
Li Xueming whispered, "These are also poverty relief supplies. Only the poor who have little relationship with the village leaders can receive them. According to our village's purchasing price, a piglet costs about 150 yuan. Five of them would be 750 yuan. The two bundles of plastic sheeting are worth 5,000 yuan, which adds up to about 6,000 yuan. That Mrs. Zhang only received 200 yuan in total. "
Song Chaoyang's face turned pale. After a while, he said, "Let's go to the next site."
At this moment, the woman had already come out with a teapot and teacups. Seeing the four of them leaving, she was shocked and hurried forward to stop them. Li Xueming spent a long time to calm her down.
The four of them returned to the car. With Li Xueming leading the way, they rushed to the village's nominal poverty relief project site, located in the southern suburbs of Wugezhuang village.
When they arrived, they saw five sheds on the barren field. One of them was already built, while the other four were still under construction. The one that was built was already dilapidated. The plastic sheeting was full of holes, and it had been weathered, revealing the bamboo poles and stone pillars that were set up inside. The air was filled with the stench of feces. It was unknown what animal had left it behind.
Li Xueming stood at the front and introduced, "This is a so-called poverty relief project site planned by our village. It is used to breed meat ducks. At that time, we applied for 100,000 yuan of poverty relief funds to build five greenhouses to breed meat ducks. Not only would it provide ten jobs, but it would also help dozens of poor families escape poverty and become rich. In the end, when the county's Poverty Relief Office checked and accepted the project, only one of the greenhouses was completed. The other four were not covered with bamboo poles and plastic sheeting. Even the ducks in the completed greenhouses were not real meat ducks. They were just ducks borrowed from the villagers. "
Li Ruiqi found it strange and asked, "Then the county's Poverty Relief Office can also accept it?"
Li Xueming smiled bitterly and said, "There are many things involved. Anyway, it was approved at that time. After it was approved, the village returned the borrowed ducks and the greenhouses were left empty. The other four greenhouses that were not completed were also stopped. Because the poverty relief funds were already in our hands, they were no longer useful. I did a rough calculation. Just this project alone could have cost the village 90,000 yuan. "
Song Chaoyang narrowed his eyes and asked, "Since you knew the inside story, why didn't you report it to the higher-ups?"
Li Xueming said bitterly, "Song Shuji, what's the use of me reporting it? The village leaders have the county leaders behind them. If I reported it, the county leaders would not care. Instead, I would become a thorn in their eyes. My life would not be good in the future. Of course, I know that this is not a good way to be a Party member or a leader, but I have no other choice. "
Song Chaoyang sighed and said, "I can understand your difficulties. Let's go to the next point. "
Li Xueming said, "The next point is the village party committee and government compound. Let me take you to see the cars of the two village leaders."
The four of them got into the car and drove to the village party committee and government compound. In less than five minutes, they stopped in the compound.
The few of them got out of the car. Li Xueming looked at the cars downstairs and whispered, "Oh, the village leader came and left. His car is gone, but the secretary's car is still here. Look at that black Hyundai SUV. That's our village party secretary's car. That car costs more than 200,000 yuan. Our village leader Liu He's car is even more impressive. It's a Buick LaCrosse. He bought it recently and it costs almost 300,000 yuan. They drive their own cars to work every day. The gas is reimbursed by the public fund. "
Song Chaoyang listened with an expressionless face and said, "Take us to see the secretary."
Li Xueming said okay and led the three of them into the office building.
The office building was not tall and only had three floors. The secretary's office was on the third floor, facing the staircase.
Li Xueming brought the three of them to the secretary's office and raised his hand to knock on the door. Song Chaoyang said, "Village Leader Li, don't knock on the door. Xiao Rui, open the door and go in."
Li Xueming moved aside. Li Rui walked over and raised his hand to turn the doorknob. He pushed it but found that the door was locked. He looked at Li Xueming suspiciously and wondered if the other party was not at home.
Li Xueming did not know what happened and thought that he could not open the door. He walked over and tried to turn the doorknob, but he could not open it either.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man's voice came from the room. "Who is it?"
Li Xueming's expression was a little fearful. He was tongue-tied and did not dare to answer. After all, the person he was facing was his superior. He could not be as calm as Song Chaoyang and the other two.
Li Rui saw that he was in a difficult position and said, "Good friends!"
The man inside asked, "Good friend?"
The next moment, the door opened. However, it was a woman in her forties who opened the door. She had a plump figure and a coquettish appearance. She was dressed like a female cadre. She walked out with a red face and did not dare to look at Song Chaoyang and the others. She lowered her head and went downstairs.
Li Rui watched her go downstairs and suddenly found that the hem of her skirt was folded up, as if it had just been lifted. Thinking of her expression and the locked office door, he could guess what she was doing inside.
At this moment, Song Chaoyang walked into the room first. Du Minsheng followed closely behind, and Li Rui hurried to catch up. Li Xueming hesitated for a long time but did not follow in the end.
A middle-aged man was sitting at the desk inside. He was slightly plump and had a crew cut. He was drinking tea and sat there casually, looking like a leader. He pretended to be calm and glanced at Song Chaoyang and the other two. He said, "Who are you good friends with? Why don't I know any of you? Are you looking for the wrong person? "
Song Chaoyang asked in a clear voice, "Let me ask you, why didn't your village distribute the relief materials allocated by the county equally? Instead, some of them were given extra and some were only given 200 yuan?"
The man's expression changed. He put down his teacup and looked at him carefully. He said in a strange tone, "What are you doing here? What right do you have to ask about this? Go away, go away. I still have work to do. Don't waste my time, or I'll get someone to kick you out. "
Song Chaoyang said, "You don't have to know who I am. Just answer my question!"
The man complained, "Ridiculous. I can't even sit in the office and meet a lunatic!" He picked up the phone and was about to call someone to kick them out.
Li Rui saw this and quickly walked over. He pressed his hand on the lever and hung up the phone before it could be dialed.
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